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Surface tension driven convection experiment (stdce) (Document No: 19950007803)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Kamotani, Y. Ostrach, Simon Pline, A. |
| Copyright Year | 1994 |
| Description | Results are reported of the Surface Tension Driven Convection Experiment (STDCE) aboard the USML-1 (first United States Microgravity Laboratory) Spacelab which was launched on June 25, 1992. In the experiment 10 cSt silicone oil was placed in an open circular container which was 10 cm wide by 5 cm deep. The fluid was heated either by a cylindrical heater (1.11 cm dia.) located along the container centerline or by a CO2 laser beam to induce thermocapillary flow. The flow field was studied by flow visualization. Several thermistor probes were placed in the fluid to measure the temperature distribution. The temperature distribution along the liquid free surface was measured by an infrared imager. Tests were conducted over a range of heating powers, laser beam diameters, and free surface shapes. In conjunction with the experiments an extensive numerical modeling of the flow was conducted. In this paper some results of the velocity and temperature measurements with flat and curved free surfaces are presented and they are shown to agree well with the numerical predictions. |
| File Size | 1149942 |
| Page Count | 30 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19950007803 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7rn8359z |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1994-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Materials Processing Temperature Distribution Spacelab Capillary Flow Liquid Surfaces Laser Beams Temperature Measurement Heaters Numerical Analysis Interfacial Tension Thermistors Cylindrical Bodies Flow Visualization Infrared Radiation Mathematical Models Flat Surfaces Velocity Measurement Silicones Carbon Dioxide Lasers Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |